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Disabled Afghans protest against Red Cross attack

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al-Arabiya/AFP, 2 June 2013 ‘Scores of disabled people, several of them amputees, gathered outside a Red Cross office in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday to protest against militants who attacked the building four days ago.’ Reportedly, there was a similar demo in Kandahar.

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The Potential Fallout Of A Pakistani Militant’s Death

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1 June 2013 Abubakar Siddique looks at repercussions of the killing of Wali-ur Rehman Mehsud, the deputy TTP commander, in a US drone strike.

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Recommended Reading – May 2013

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This is what happens when you ban male press from a female rock fest in Afghanistan The Gender Report, 29 May 2013 Last month, in Kabul’s Lycee Esteqlal the country’s largest ever female rock festival was held. Male journalists were excluded, and since almost none of the major international news outlets in the country employ […]

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Recommended Reading – April 2013

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Balkh newspapers struggling to survive Pajhwok News Agency (Kabul), 30 April 2013 ‘The newspaper industry in Balkh province is struggling to survive in the face of security concerns, declining readership and self-censorship. … Qayyum Babak, whose daily Jehan-i-Naw was shut down four years ago, said newspapers began losing their ground with a rapid increase in […]

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Militia Disbandment and Peace Building: AAN republication of a 2008 paper

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Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) was the name of a crucial programme in the post-Taleban years in Afghanistan that ran from 2006 to 2011. As the successor to the Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) programme, it was designed to disband those remaining armed groups in the areas of the country not covered by DDR […]

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Recommended Reading – March 2013

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Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan RFE/RL, 28 March 2013 After NATO handed over security duties in Badakhshan to the ANA and ANP last year, ‘a spike in violence and increased militant activity’ has been registered. The two Afghan authors write that ‘the region is an ideal testing ground of Afghanistan’s ability to secure remote […]

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22 March 2013: Mali/Afghanistan Podium Discussion in Frankfurt/Main (with AAN)

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Freedom through war? is the question the organisers of a podium discussion in the German city of Frankfurt are posing. And: What are the expectations and expected results of the military in Afghanistan und Mali? The discussion, with participation of AAN Co-director Thomas Ruttig, will take place on 22 March 2013 at 7 pm.   […]

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Drop in Taliban attacks incorrect

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AP, 26 February 2013 ‘The U.S.-led military command in Afghanistan incorrectly reported a decline last year in Taliban attacks and is preparing to publish corrected numbers that could undercut its narrative of a Taliban in steep decline.’ It is called ‘clerical errors’.

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Taliban talks in Doha drag on endlessly

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al-Jazeera, 26 February 2013 Impressions from the key venue of talks-to-be with the Taleban, and a scenery in which ‘everyone is trying to woo them’. and ‘one representative for Berlin’ proven ‘particularly irksome’ (can also be a revenge for German accusations that the US have kicked them out of the talks for which they opened […]

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18 February 2013: Thomas Ruttig’s Afghanistan Conflict Portrait on German Website

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AAN’s Thomas Ruttig has been invited to write the updated ‘Afghanistan conflict portrait’ for a much frequented German website, that of Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Centre for Political Education). It is a first point of reference for many pupils, students and teachers. Find his contribution (in German) here. The page also has a debate […]

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